Cash-register.



W. H. MUZZY.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLIGATION FILED 00T. 21, 1907.

1,114,794. Patented 00n.27,1914.

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Patented U01-'27, 1914.

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Snom/toc UNITED sfrarEs PATENT oEEroE.

H. M'UZZY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION 0F OHIO,l (INCORPORATED IN 1906.)

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Specification o1' Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. MUZZY, a citizen` of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and 'State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cash-Registers, of which 1 declare the following to be a -full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in cash registers and more particularly to the so called multiple drawer type, in which each clerk is provided with a separate com'- partment in which to deposit his cash.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a. movable cash receptacle 'which is divided into a plurality of compartments, one for each clerk or department, any one 01 which may be brought into juxtaposition to an opening formed in the casing for said receptacle.

l/Vith these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel features of construction and combinationsv of parts, the essential elements of which are set orth'in appended claims and a preferred form of embodiment of which is hereinafter specifically described with reference to the drawings Which accompany and form part of this specification. ,v

Of said drawings: Figure lrepresents a central transverse section through the improved machine. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the clerks bank of keys and cooperating vmechanism.` Fig. 3 represents a detail top plan View of the cash receptacle with the casing therefor in section.

l Described in general terins the machine comprises a plurality of banks of amount keys and a single bank of clerks keys.. The amount keys determine the amount that 1s to be registered and indicated upon the operation of the machine, While the clerks9 keys -control the movement imparted to the multio ple compartment cash receptacle by the operating mechanism, so as` to bring to a commonpoint the different compartments of said rece tacle. 1

Each ban of amount'keys 1, see Fig. 1', controls a differentially7 movable segment 2. which is loosely-mounted upon a transverse rock shaft 3. Each segment v2 meshes 'with a gear 4 that engages a pinion 5 secured to an indicator 6 which is loosely mounted upon ',a 'transverse shaft 7.

The gea-r 4 also en# gages a pinion 9 which 1s arranged to be 4 connected to a part of the registering mechanism as the gear el is rotated in one direcltion. The clerks keys 10, as shown in Fig. 42, control the differential movement of one of the segments 2 similarly to the amount keys. The gear 4 which meshes with this segment is arranged to rotate an indicator, bearing characters to identify the different clerks, in a. manner similar to the amount 'indicators 6, but does not actuate the registering mechanism, all of which is Well known in the art and is fully described and shown in the Patent No. 580,378 granted to Cleal and Reinhard, April 13, 1897.

Attached to the segment 2 which is controlled by the clerks keys 10 is a segmental rack plate ,11 that meshes with a pinion 12 secured near one end to a short transverse shaft 13 suitably supported in the frame Work of the'machine. The other end oia `said sha-ft carries a bevel pinion 1l which meshes with `a similar pinion 15 that is supported by a yoke 16 suitably secured to the 'frame Work. Fastened to the under side of the bevel pinion 15 is a gear Wheel 17 which meshes with a similar wheel 18 secured to the upper end of a short vertical shaft 19 thatis fastened to and passes lthrough the center of a cash receptacle 2Q, the other end of the shaft 19 being mounted in the bottom of the casing 21 which surrounds said receptacle. A. ring 22 is located in a .circular recess formed in the bottom of the cash receptacle and rests upon ball bearings 23 placed in a channel 24 formed in 'the bottom of the casing 21, so that the receptacle may be easily rotated. This receptacle is divided into a plurality of compartments 25, any one of `which may be brought beneath a fan shaped opening 26 'formed in the upper side of the casing 2l, as shown by heavy dot and dash lines in Fig. 3. A guarding means or lid 27 of the same shape but a little larger than the opening 26 is loosely mounted upon the vertical shaft 19 and plays between the opening 26 and the top of the receptacle. This guardingfmeans or lid is normally held between the openin and the compartment of the'receptacle be ovv by the lower end of a vertically guided arm 28, which engages with 'the flat side of a bevel lug 29 formed -upon the end of a rearwardly extending arm 30 of the lid 27. The upper end of the arm 28 is rovided with an elongated slot 3l, 'throng Which a rotary shaft 32 extends and also with an anti-friction roller 33, with which a cam 34 secured to the shaft 32 contacts near the end of rotation of said shaft,

thereby elevating the arm 28 and freeing the beneath the opening 26 and while-the different compartments were beneath' said opening extract from each one any desired amount; With a view of overcoming this defect the lid 27 is provided witha circular strip 37 provided with an inclined end 38,

see Fig. 3, which engages with the forward end 39 of a centrally pivoted lever 40 thereby elevating thesame, as soon as the lid starts to open and holds it in this position while the lid is opened. An upwardly and rearwardly extending arm 4l of said lever is arranged to pass into the path of a nose l2 formed upon a disk 43 secured to the rotary shaft 32, as the forward end 39 is elevated and prevents any further lmovement of the shaft 32. It is to be understood that the proper compart- .ment 25 has been positioned before the lid 27 is released. -It will be seen from this description that as long as the lid remains open the rotary shaft 32, which is geared to the operatin crank handle, as fully shown anddescribe in the aforementioned patent, will locked.

If desired a printing mechanism similar to that shown in said patent may be used for recording' the individualitems and by which the amounts in the different compartments may be checked.

vIt is to -be understood that the machine is normally locked, and is arranged to be released only by the operation of one of the clerks keys, in a manner well known in the art and which needs no description here.

A great many merchants while believing in the merits and protective features of a multiple drawer system, object, owing to the cramped condition of their stores, to the room that is required for the installation of a system employing individual cash drawers. With a machine as above described this objection is entirely overcome, as, while the same results are accomplished as with a multiple drawer system the space used is that of only a single drawer machine.

`While the form of device here shown and described is admirably adapted to'fuliil the objects primarily stated, it istto be understood that it is not desired to confine the in- 1. In a cash register, the combination .y

with a main operating mechanism, 4of inampulative devices, mechanism constructed to be differentially adjusted by said operating mechanism and to be connected and disconnected fromthe operating mechanism by said manipulative devices, a movable cashreceptacle having a series of compartments, and permanent connections from said diiierentially adjusted mechanism to said cash receptacle.

2. In a` cash register, the combination with an operating mechanism having an invariable movement, of manipulative devices,

f and "a idifferentially movable device having connections to be driven by said operating mechanism and to be disconnected therea plurality of compartments, .a casing for .said receptacle having an opening, and permanent connections from said receptacle to said differentially movable devices.

3. In Aa cash register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of a rotary cash receptacle divided into a plurality of compartments, a casing for said receptacle providedwith an opening, a lid for said opening, a latch normally locking the lid and means controlled by' the operating mechanism for rotating the receptacle differentially so as to bring any desired compartment beneath the opening and then releasing the lid to expose the positioned compartment. f

4. In a cash register, the combination with an operating mechanism, of a rotary cash receptacle divided into 'a plurality of compartments, a easing for said receptacle provided with a'n opening, a lid for said opening, means controlled by Athe operating mechanism for rotating the receptacle dinerentially soas to bring any desired compart ment beneath the opening and then releasing the'lid to expose the positioned compartment, and means controlled by the lid for locking the operating mechanism.

5. In a cash register, the combination with an operating mechanismncluding key controlled elements, registering mechanism and indicating devices, of a rotatable circular receptacle and a vertical shaft upon which the said receptacle is mounted and thus is adapted to revolve in a horizontal plane, and Vconnections from said key controlled elements for actuating the same, substantially as described.

6. In a cash reglster, the combination with amoperating mec anism including key controlled elements, registering mechanism, and

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' of the drawer indicating devices, of a rotatable circular receptacle, a vertical axis which supports the said receptacle, fixed partitions which divide the receptacle into a plurality of compartments and connections from said key controlled elements for adjusting thesaid receptacle, substantially as described.`

7. In a cash register, the combination with an operatingv mechanism, including key controlled elements, of registering mechanism, indicating devices, an inclosing casing, an opening in the top of said casing, an adjustable cover over said opening, a rotatable circular receptacle, a vertical shaft supporting the said receptacle, partitions which divide the receptacle into a plurality of compartments, and connections from said key controlled elements for actuating the said receptacle whereby one of the said compartments is adjusted opposite the said opening in the casing, and means for locking and releasing the cover, substantially as described.

8. In a cash register, the combination with operating mechanism, of initial indicating devices, a rotatable circular receptacle, a vertical shaft fast to and supporting the said receptacle, and a key element operatively connected with both the vertical shaft and the initial indicating devices, substantially as described.

9. In a cash register, posed cash drawer, means-for differentially positioning the said drawer and mechanism or` controllingl the differential positioning by the positioning means.

l0. In a cash register, a horizontally disposed cash drawer, a cover Vfor the drawer having an opening therein, means for differentially positioning the drawer with respect to said opening and mechanism for controlling the diii'erential positioning of the drawer by the positioning means.

11. In a cash register, a horizontally dis.- posed cash drawer, a cover for said drawer lun-ing an opening therein, means for eiecta horizontally dising a differential relative movement between the said drawer and cover and mechanism for controlling the differential relative movement between the drawer and cover imparted by said means.

12. In a cash register, a horizontally disposed cash drawer, means for diii'erentially positioning said drawer, a cover for said drawer having an opening therein, a lid for said opening, a latch normally holding the lid closed, and means operated on movement of the drawer to unlatch the lid.

13. In a cash register, the combination with a cash receptacle having a plurality of compartments and a casing for said receptacle, of an operating mechanism for adjusting the receptacle different desired extents to bring either of the compartments into a .determined position, controlling means for controlling the extent of movement of the receptacle b the operating means, a guarding means or the portion of the receptacle in the' determined position, and means for withdrawing the guarding means controlled by the operating mechanism. l

In a cash register, the combination of a rotatable device divided into a plurality of compartments any one of which may be exposed, operating means for rotating the rotatable device to bring any one of the compartments in position to be exposed, means normally preventing exposure of compartments in exposing position, controlling means for controlling the movement of the rotatable device by the operating means, and connections whereby the exposure preventing means is rendered ineffective by the operating means.

In testimony whereof I aihx my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM H. MUZZ Y.

Witnesses:

R. W. FAIRCHILD, E. O. CLARK. 

